The National Music Publishers Association on Monday fired an opening salvo at lyric sites that it believes have not obtained licenses to publish those lyrics, including Rap Genius, a high-flying New York startup that last year landed a $15 million investment from Silicon Valley venture firm Andr... Read more...

Jay Smooth tackles the subject of lyricism, or lack of, in modern Hip-Hop.
Look, I’m a lyrics guy moreso than anything. Give me a fucking lyrically genius a capella and I’m a pig in shit. But at the same time, there are countless non-lyrical, throwaway, dare I say straight-up ignorant son... Read more...

Naledge's Mr. Brain for nothing, he wrote a book a while back while in high school and self published it. You can purchase the book here. Here's some more info on the book itself...
Author/Emcee February 17, 2007 -Chicago, IL- Recording Artist Naledge, born Jabari Evans, has announced that he w... Read more...

Here’s some better footage of what Nas was saying at the BMI “How I Wrote That Song” panel at the House of Blues over the Grammy weekend. He speaks about why he wrote “Hate Me Now,” saying putting out Illmatic, he was successful with It Was Written but he felt some hate towards him. He... Read more...